{"id":8372,"date":"2024-01-31T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2024-01-31T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:30:00","slug":"va-leading-the-way-va-exceeds-goal-to-house-homeless-veterans-for-second-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=8372","title":{"rendered":"VA Leading the Way: VA Exceeds Goal to House Homeless Veterans for Second Year in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally published:<\/strong> 2024-01-31T21:30:00+00:00. Historical source article: benefits, rules, amounts and deadlines may have changed. Check the official source for current information.<\/p>\n

Every Veteran deserves a safe, stable place to call home, and that\u2019s why VA is committed to ending Veteran homelessness. In March 2023, VA announced its goal<\/a> to place at least 38,000 Veterans experiencing homelessness into permanent housing and to ensure that at least 95% of the Veterans housed that year did not return to homelessness during that same year.<\/p>\n

I am proud to say that for the second year in a row<\/a>, VA exceeded its goal.<\/p>\n

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Video discussing Army Veteran Roderick Johnson who was experiencing homelessness. VA housed him in the LA-area in 2023.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delivering more for homeless Veterans<\/h2>\n

VA is helping people like Roderick Johnson, an Army Veteran who was housed in August 2023. \u201cIt was like a blessing that came to me,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

VA found Johnson an apartment to call home and continues to help him along the way. \u201cIt went from, \u2018Where am I going to stay?\u2019 and \u2018Who am I going to stay with?\u2019 to \u2018I am well established now,\u2019\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

By the end of 2023, 46,552 homeless Veterans were permanently housed by VA and its community partners, representing 122.5% of the goal, a tremendous accomplishment and a step toward ending Veteran homelessness.<\/p>\n

Additionally, of the 46,552 homeless Veterans housed, 95.9% remained in housing by the end of the year. Of the 1,919 Veterans who returned to homelessness, 96.4% were either rehoused or were back on a pathway to rehousing by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lastly, VA engaged with 40,203 total unsheltered Veterans, connecting them to VA care\u2014including housing and health services. View the full report online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The right tools in the toolkit<\/h3>\n

VA supports Veterans through an array of services that support the full range of housing needs and barriers that they may face, including:<\/p>\n